SSD Support for W530

I was going for a purchase of W530 and had a clarification regarding the compatability of SSD drives.
The W530 data sheet provided by lenovo suggests the following SSD drives as available options.
16GB SSD mSATA5
128GB SSD SATA3
Intel® 180GB SSD SATA3
256GB TCG OPAL SSD SATA3
But I wanted to go for 512 GB SSD.
Can anyone confirm whether I can go for the 512 GB SSD option even though its not listed in the data shhet provided by lenovo.
Thanks.

I bought a Samsung 840 Evo 500 GB for 220 EUR. Works like a charm here. Definately worth upgrading. Made a lot of difference compared to its original hard drive.
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